Dieffenbacher is an international group of companies that manufactures hydraulic presses and complete press systems for the wood panel industry, the automotive and components industries. As a system supplier, Dieffenbacher offers an extensive range of products and services for processing fiber-reinforced plastics such as LFT, GMT, SMC or in the HP-RTM. Dieffenbacher supplies everything from a single source, from the hydraulic press through to the entire automation and manufacture of the semifinished part in the direct process. The LFT-D and D-SMC direct processes developed by Dieffenbacher allow long fiber-reinforced thermoplastics (LFT Directline) or thermosetting plastics (SMC Directline) to be composed individually and for specific products in order to produce lightweight vehicle components. Dieffenbacher offers a fully automated turnkey production line for high-volume production in the high-pressure RTM process including PreformCenter.

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